LIVE DEMOS
of early-season AgTech innovations
SHOP TOURS
Experience our state-of-the-art Innovation Shop
FIELD PLOTS
(Availability depends on crop progress)
LIVE DEMOS
of early-season AgTech innovations
SHOP TOURS
Experience our state-of-the-art Innovation Shop
FIELD PLOTS
(Availability depends on crop progress)
LIVE DEMOS
of early-season AgTech innovations
SHOP TOURS
Experience our state-of-the-art Innovation Shop
FIELD PLOTS
(Availability depends on crop progress)
Grand Farm field trials are a way for our ecosystem to come together and validate agricultural technologies in a real-world farm setting. These trials focus on applied innovation, offering a space for collaboration, data-driven insights, and practical solutions to the challenges growers face in the field.
Cultivate Conference 2025 brings AgTech innovators together to explore the most pressing challenges in agriculture and the technologies being developed to solve them. This year, Cultivate will focus on insights from the Regional Agriculture Pain Point Report (RAPPR), highlighting industry-wide challenges and opportunities for innovation.
Attendees will gain practical insights, connect with key players in the Grand Farm’s AgTech ecosystem, and participate in discussions that shape the future of agriculture technology. With expert-led keynotes, solution-driven breakout sessions, and high-impact networking, Cultivate provides a platform to drive meaningful progress in the industry.
8:00 am — Coffee and Registration
9:00 am — Keynote Speaker
9:15 am — Brian Hefty, CEO of Hefty Seed Company: “Soil Health: It’s Not Just No-Till & Cover Crops”
9:30 am — David Postill, SVP of AGI Digital and Global Marketing, AGI
9:45 am — Startup Pitches
10:05 am — Mainstage Speaker
10:20 am — Pete Nelson, President & Executive Director of AgLaunch: “AgLaunch’s Farmer-Focused VC Model and Launch into the Upper Midwest”
10:30 am — Dr. Hollie Mackey, NSF AgTech Engine in North Dakota
10:50 am — Regional Agriculture Pain Point Report Overview
11:00 am — Break
11:30 am — Startup Pitches
11:50 am — Aman Anand, Senior Manager of Digital and Agronomic Collaboration, Nutrien Ag Solutions
12:00 pm — Grower Feedback Panel
12:30 pm — Lunch
1:30 pm — Workshop Session #1
2:30 pm — Workshop Session #2
4:00 pm — Happy Hour sponsored by Agency 29 and Skull, Diamond, and Heart Capital
Nearby Airports
Downtown Fargo Hotels
Casselton Hotels
Cultivate is part of AgTech Week, an agriculture and technology focused week hosted by a group of dedicated organizations in Fargo, North Dakota. This week provides a unique opportunity to showcase the region’s commitment to agriculture, technology and innovation by bringing together the AgTech industry. By doing this, we hope to accelerate the adoption of technology and solve challenges in agriculture.
Events include customer events, farm tours, technology/product showcases, happy hours, investor and reverse pitch sessions and policymaker meetups with entrepreneurs. By getting the community to rally, we know that we are stronger together and showcase our wonderful community.
If you are interested in getting involved, email Andrew Jason. Media inquiries can be directed to Matt Wendel.
Grand Farm, powered by Emerging Prairie, is a network of growers, technologists, corporations, startups, educators, policymakers, and investors working together to solve problems in agriculture with applied technology.
The Grand Farm initiative accelerates research and innovation in technology for the farm of the future.
Grand Farm does not take ownership or a vested interest in partners’ intellectual property and refrains from making decisions on IP developed as part of contracts with other organizations.
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